For Carbon Buyers & Investors
What's de-risked, and what comes next
Kaboni Yetu Limited is in its certification-readiness phase: pre-revenue, not yet issuing credits. The 12-month readiness programme is externally funded by ORRAA and the UK Blue Planet Fund and is underway. This page sets out what has already been de-risked, the roadmap to issuance, and the governance behind it.
Current Stage
The highest-cost phase is already done
What distinguishes this project is the volume of work completed before Kaboni Yetu's incorporation. Action for Ocean invested three years in high-quality carbon baseline sampling, socio-economic assessments across all 15 villages, legal and policy analysis under GN 636 (2022), and governance diagnostics across all 15 community institutions.
For a new entrant, this is normally the highest-cost, highest-uncertainty phase. Here it is already complete, and it transfers into the company as its founding evidence base.
Readiness-phase funding is confirmed from ORRAA / UK Blue Planet Fund. The 12-month programme is externally funded and running now.
Due-Diligence Scorecard
What is settled, and what is still in progress
Settled
- Evidence base. Three years of carbon baseline sampling, socio-economic assessment across all 15 villages, and governance diagnostics across all 15 institutions. Complete before incorporation and transferred into the company.
- Regulatory classification. MBREMP falls under GN 636 (2022) Regulation 34(3)(d), the category for coastal and marine carbon projects in centrally managed marine parks. A defined pathway, not an ambiguous precedent.
- Readiness funding. The full 12-month readiness programme is externally funded by ORRAA and the UK Blue Planet Fund, and is underway.
- Field-delivery capacity. Action for Ocean holds established operational presence across the Mtwara seascape and delivers community engagement and field MRV under formal agreement.
- Mission-lock structure. The 99% subscriber shareholding keeps the conservation NGO and the commercial entity permanently aligned in mandate.
In progress this phase
- Plan Vivo registration. Being pursued; the evidence pack is in preparation.
- NCMC registration and MRV compliance. Documentation in preparation for submission to Tanzania's national registry.
- Governance Compacts. In development and adoption across the 15 villages.
- Independent board. Being constituted during the readiness phase; until then the company is directed by its founders in coordination with AFO.
- Community MRV system. Being commissioned; the para-scientist monitoring protocol is in rollout.
- Confirmatory legal memo. On the Reg. 34(3)(d) classification, being placed on file for buyer and investor counsel.
- Verification body (VVB). To be assigned during the certification process; the identity will be published once appointed.
Route to Credit Issuance
A 12-month path to first issuance
The readiness phase is underway, funded by ORRAA and the UK Blue Planet Fund. Completing it positions Kaboni Yetu for first credit issuance after independent verification; projected volumes and pricing terms are shared with qualified buyers and investors on request. The full phase-by-phase plan is on the projects page.
Governance & Credibility
A regulated two-entity structure
Kaboni Yetu Limited is incorporated under GN 636 (2022) Regulation 34(3)(d). Action for Ocean holds 99% of the company's subscriber shares: founding equity that locks in mission alignment between the conservation NGO and the commercial vehicle it sponsors. It is a mission-lock, not an operating-control mechanism.
Kaboni Yetu's own governance, including an independent board with authority over certification coordination, contracts, investor relations, and revenue administration, is being established during the readiness phase. AFO's three-year investment in baseline work, community trust, and regulatory relationships is the primary value transfer from NGO to company, delivered through governance rather than ongoing operational dependency.
AFO delivers community engagement and field MRV under formal agreement. Kaboni Yetu is the commercial counterparty in all certification, offtake, and investor engagement.
Co-Benefits
Mangroves as a multi-service asset
Carbon Permanence
Hydrology-informed restoration, right-species and right-site zoning, and survival monitoring are designed for durable carbon storage, not planting numbers. Permanence is reinforced through marine park co-management.
Fisheries & Biodiversity
Mangroves are nursery habitat for commercially important fish and crustacean species. Improved stewardship protects the ecological base that sustains household incomes and food security.
Coastal Protection
Mangroves buffer storm surge, reduce coastal erosion, and stabilise estuaries: adaptation value with direct relevance for the 15 focal villages along the MBREMP coastline.
Leakage Management
Livelihood diversification pilots reduce extractive pressure on mangroves, so stronger protection does not displace household vulnerability elsewhere in the landscape. Leakage surveillance is embedded in the para-scientist monitoring protocol.
Community Equity
Community equity is designed to be structurally enforced through the Governance Compacts being developed with each village. Women hold a 60% activity-participation target; youth work in certified para-scientist and nursery-technician roles.
Community-Run MRV
Community para-scientists produce the site-level verification data Plan Vivo's audit cycle requires, improving transparency, building local capacity, and lowering future audit costs.
Measurement
ORRAA & HQBC indicator framework
| Code | Indicator | Target | Disaggregation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORRAA 1 | People supported | 1,200 (60% women) | Sex, age, village, institution |
| ORRAA 6 | Area under improved stewardship or restoration | 4,030 ha + 20–30 ha restored | By village, management type |
| ORRAA IP3b | Institutions receiving assistance | 35 strengthened | Institution type, village, gender |
| HQBC | Mangrove area restored | 20–30 ha | By site, species, village |
| HQBC | Seedlings produced and planted | 150,000–200,000 | By species, nursery, village |
| HQBC | Livelihood groups operational | 3 groups | Sex, age, village, type |
Targets are end-of-readiness-phase goals under the ORRAA / UK Blue Planet Fund programme. They are not claimed as achieved outcomes.
Sustainable Development Goals
Contributing to the 2030 Agenda
- 01 No Poverty
- 05 Gender Equality
- 08 Decent Work & Economic Growth
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 13 Climate Action
- 14 Life Below Water
- 15 Life on Land
- 17 Partnerships for the Goals
The integrated approach (blue carbon finance, community governance, ecological restoration, livelihood diversification) delivers co-benefits across these eight goals, with particular depth on SDG 14, SDG 5, and SDG 13. All contributions are measured through the ORRAA and HQBC indicator framework.
Engaging buyers and investors now
Kaboni Yetu is a pre-revenue company with confirmed readiness funding, three years of pre-incorporation evidence, and a defined path to dual certification. We are open to conversations with forward-purchase buyers and early-stage investors ahead of verification.
Forward-looking statement: figures and timelines on this page are projections. Actual outcomes depend on regulatory approvals, certification processes, and market conditions. Nothing here is investment advice or a solicitation to purchase securities or carbon credits.